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hfojvt

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25. well, you do not have to be rich to RUN for Congress
Tue Nov 27, 2012, 03:44 AM
Nov 2012

I proved that by running myself. In 2010, when my adjusted gross income was $13,335.11.

But like Alan Grayson, John Kerry, Mark Dayton, Claire McCaskill, and Herb Kohl, you need to be rich to WIN.

Tammy Baldwin is not rich, though and she just won a Senate seat. Still, she has been in the House since 1998. So, over the last 14 years, she has been paid about $2,200,000. Which is about $2 million more than I made in the last 14 years.

Oh... NOW... I Get It... [View all] WillyT Nov 2012 OP
Having a tyne Nov 2012 #1
What is the average yearly income? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #2
Mid 40s vs almost 200K -> Just got a cool graphic from FB about that ... patrice Nov 2012 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author patrice Nov 2012 #13
Nice Graphic november3rd Nov 2012 #45
I'd LOVE To Have Your Problems... WillyT Nov 2012 #3
No shit obxhead Nov 2012 #11
I am in the same boat Illinoischick Nov 2012 #17
I think you're out of touch ... GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #6
Must be nice. MrSlayer Nov 2012 #8
I keep reading articles about how much you need spinbaby Nov 2012 #44
Well my net worth is about $4000. Illinoischick Nov 2012 #16
No, that has not happened to xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #26
And they don't even count the people who lost so much they had to zero out their meager Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #28
Re Jericoni Nov 2012 #33
I have a continuing 0 net worth Hydra Nov 2012 #40
So while the rest of us KT2000 Nov 2012 #4
... CrispyQ Nov 2012 #5
THANK YOU !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #7
+1 hrmjustin Nov 2012 #9
We need term limits and we need the revolving door between SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #10
How would that happen when the people who make the laws tblue37 Nov 2012 #21
And that is the million dollar question. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #31
Got me man... SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #46
We need a fundamental change in how our government is constituted and under what rules Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #29
Regarding the House: Here's a petition to recognize the Tea Party as a treasonous hate group: patrice Nov 2012 #14
The tea party is a distraction, nothing more. We have a fundamentally dysfunctional government Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #30
I agree that the 2 parties are similar - BUT not! the same & just as differences between you and patrice Nov 2012 #36
That's what I said. What I didn't say is that the two parties are the same, they aren't. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #39
They go up there without a pot to piss in... kentuck Nov 2012 #15
I don't think they go up there poor hfojvt Nov 2012 #20
No "almost" about it. 2naSalit Nov 2012 #24
well, you do not have to be rich to RUN for Congress hfojvt Nov 2012 #25
Very true. kentuck Nov 2012 #37
The part about the Clintons is related yet unrelated Hydra Nov 2012 #41
the Clintons were hardly poor hfojvt Nov 2012 #43
to reverse Lincoln hfojvt Nov 2012 #18
Another look at this issue: patrice Nov 2012 #19
And we have the gall to call it a representative democracy. CrispyQ Nov 2012 #32
I've been meaning to look at that source to see what I think of it, but it's an INTERESTING graphic patrice Nov 2012 #34
I suspect this is BS. A million is a lot to most of us, but not to the wiggs Nov 2012 #22
Absolutely right. How can anyone seriously think that only 250 of them have more than $1 million? AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #27
I think this too Hydra Nov 2012 #42
Huh. There's that pesky "47%" number again. chalky Nov 2012 #23
We have been tooting this HORN for Years!!! mstinamotorcity2 Nov 2012 #35
I've always said that 4_TN_TITANS Nov 2012 #38
Kick !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #47
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